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0 pointsguelo10y ago0 comments

The real reason Flash died was not technical, it was because Steve Jobs didn't want a whole platform he didn't control running on the iPhone.

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well.... both really. Flash was a mess by then, but your point is also true. It would have made the app-store worthless

Pxtl10y ago

Yes. Jobs did it for control, but the fact that Flash was a bloated dumpster-fire of a platform made everybody else agree with him.

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0 pointsguelo10y ago0 comments

The real reason Flash died was not technical, it was because Steve Jobs didn't want a whole platform he didn't control running on the iPhone.

well.... both really. Flash was a mess by then, but your point is also true. It would have made the app-store worthless

Pxtl10y ago

Yes. Jobs did it for control, but the fact that Flash was a bloated dumpster-fire of a platform made everybody else agree with him.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse